Economic Mobility: Families

Neil Howe — Founder and President, Saeculum Research; and Diana Elliott, Research Manager, Financial Security and Mobility Project,
The Pew Charitable TrustsMobility Within and Across Generations: Where We’ve Been and Prospects for the FutureVideo | Presentation

Robert D. Putnam , Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityHow Do Parents Affect their Children’s Mobility? Family Structure, Parenting, Schooling, and ConnectionsVideo | Presentation

Fabian T. Pfeffer — Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of MichiganHow Rigid Is the Wealth Structure? Inter- and Multigenerational Correlations in Family WealthhPaper | Presentation

Moderator: Erin Currier — Founder and CEO, PolicyLink

Discussant: Trina Williams Shanks — Associate Professor of Social Work; Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

II. The Role of Financial Services

Raphael Bostic — Professor; Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Credit Market Innovations and Sustainable Homeownership: The Case of Non-Traditional Mortgage ProductsPaper | Presentation

Lisa Servon — Professor of Urban Policy, The New SchoolReframing the Debate About Financial Inclusion: Evidence from an Up-Close View of Alternative Financial ServicesPaper | Presentation

Meta Brown — Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkStepping Stone or Quicksand? The Role of Consumer Debt in the U.S. Geography of MobilityhPaper | Presentation

Todd Swanstrom — E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Community Collaboration and Public Policy, University of Missouri–St. LouisRebound Neighborhoods and Economic Opportunity: The Case of St. LouisPaper | Presentation

Moderator: Eric Robertson — President, Community LIFT and River City Capital

Economic Mobility and Young Workers

Economic Mobility: Communities

Robert J. Sampson — Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences; Director of the Boston
Individual and Community Economic Mobility in the Great Recession EraVideo | Paper | Presentation

Rucker Johnson — Associate Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Can Schools Level the Intergenerational Playing Field? Lessons from Equal Educational Opportunity PoliciesVideo | Presentation

Concurrent Sessions

I. The Dynamics of Place

Molly W. Metzger — Assistant Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Patterns of Housing Voucher Use Revisited: Segregation and Section 8 Using Updated Data and More Precise Comparison Groups, 2013Paper | Presentation

II. Income, Wealth, and Family Structure

Jonathan Morduch — Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University; Managing Director, Financial Access Initiative
Income Gains and Month-to-Month Income Volatility: Household Evidence from the U.S. Financial DiariesPaper | Presentation

Robert A. Pollak — Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. LouisCohabitation and the Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the U.S., 1950-2010Paper | Presentation

Hannah Thomas — Senior Analyst, Abt Associates; andTatjana Meschede — Director of Research, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis UniversityWealth Mobility of Families Raising Children in the 21st CenturyPaper | Presentation

Susan Longworth — Senior Business Economist, Community Development and Policy Studies, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Exploring the Correlations between Health and Community Socioeconomic Status in ChicagoPoster

Iryna Kyzyma — Doctoral Fellow, Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research
(formerly CEPS/INSTEAD); Ph.D. Fellow, Economics and Social Sciences, University of
Bremen; and IZA Bonn
Behind a Stable Poverty Rate: Changes in the Duration of Poverty Episodes in the U.S.
Since the Mid-1980sPoster

Michael Chow — Senior Data Analyst, National Federation of Independent Businesses Comparative Patterns in Earnings and Economic Outcomes between Business Owners and
Non-Business Owners: Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Poster

Catherine Haggerty — Vice President, NORC at the University of ChicagoDoubling Up Among Low-Income Families Before and During the Great Recession

Co-Authors:

Kate Bachtell (principal) — NORC at the University of Chicago

Arthur Kennickell — NBoard of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Owen J. Furuseth — Associate Provost for Metropolitan Studies and Extended Academic Programs, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; and
Laura Simmons — Social Research Specialist Director, Charlotte Regional Indicators Project, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Urban InstituteUsing Neighborhood Data to Measure and Impact Economic Opportunity: Lessons from Charlotte, North Carolina

Vincent Reina — Doctoral Candidate, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern CaliforniaAre They Protected? A National Analysis of What Happens to Subsidized Tenants When an Owner Opts Out

Michal Grinstein-Weiss — Associate Director, Center for Social Development,
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis; and Blair Russell — Senior Statistical Data Analyst, Center for Social Development,
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. LouisIncreasing Tax-Time Saving through Behavioral Interventions: Evidence from the 2013
Refund-to-Savings Experiment

Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen) Liang — Professor, Community Development and Applied Economics,
The University of VermontExamining the Relationship between Off Farm Employment, Multifunctionality, Economic Mobility, and Rural Development

Lance Palmer — Associate Professor, College of Family and Consumer Sciences,
The University of GeorgiaFinancial Resiliency Following Bankruptcy: An Examination of the Enabling Capital
Structures of Households Emerging from Bankruptcy